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Effects of honey from Mimosa quadrivalvis L. (malícia) produced by the Melipona subnitida D. (jandaíra) stingless bee on dyslipidaemic rats

2018; Royal Society of Chemistry; Volume: 9; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1039/c8fo01044g

2042-650X

Maria Luiza Rolim Bezerra, Evandro Leite de Souza, Janaína Maria Batista de Sousa, Marcos dos Santos Lima, Adriano Francisco Alves, Maria das Graças Almeida, Raquel Coutinho Alves, Emmanuel Veríssimo de Araújo, Naís Lira Soares, Gabriel Araújo da Silva, Marciane Magnani, Jailane de Souza Aquino,

Plant and animal studies

This study assessed the effects of supplementation with honey from Mimosa quadrivalvis L. (malícia) (MH) produced by jandaíra stingless bees (Melipona subnitida D.) on the lipid metabolism, antioxidant status and some intestinal health parameters of rats with diet-induced dyslipidaemia. Rats were randomly divided into four groups: healthy control (HC), dyslipidaemic control (DC), healthy experimental (EHH) and dyslipidaemic experimental (EDH). Malícia honey (MH) was administered (1000 mL kg-1) via orogastric feeding for 35 days. Dyslipidaemic rats supplemented with MH showed lower food consumption, increased glucose tolerance and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, and decreased total cholesterol, LDL and AST blood levels. Counts of Bifidobacterium spp. and Lactobacillus spp. and excretion of organic acids in faeces increased in dyslipidaemic rats supplemented with MH. MH supplementation protected the colon and liver from tissue damage induced by the dyslipidaemic diet. These results show the beneficial effects of MH on the lipid metabolism, antioxidant status and intestinal health of rats with diet-induced dyslipidaemia.